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LIVE TV Schedule

KBTC's live broadcast is available 24/7 from your local cable company, satellite service, and over the air -plus- watch the livestream online or with the PBS app. View, print, and download the monthly KBTC Viewer Guide here. 

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What We're Excited About

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KBTC Public Television Launch KBTC-VC, ATSC 3.0 Virtual Channel 28-11

KBTC Public Television proudly announces the launch of KBTC-VC, a new virtual ATSC 3.0 channel, broadcasting on virtual channel 28-11. This innovative launch brings KBTC’s high-quality programming into the NEXTGEN television space, offering viewers a state-of-the-art experience, including enhanced picture quality with Advanced HDR by Technicolor.

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Miss Austen on MASTERPIECE is here! 

Miss Austen, based on Gill Hornby’s acclaimed novel, takes a real-life literary mystery – Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes) burning her sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, heartbreaking story of love, sacrifice, and loss.

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Fridays at 7:30pm

Here's what's coming up next from host Tom Layson and the Northwest Now team:

  • 5/16 Dark Tide
  • 5/23 Pat Cashman
  • 5/30 The Casket Maker
 

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